The CD-X1700 is TASCAM's premiere DJ CD player. The CD-X1700 is suitable not only for DJs, but also for dance classrooms, music production, aerobic facilities, and more.
Dance and Aerobic Instructors often like DJ CD players for their wide range in tempo control. The CD-X1700 gives them the added ability to maintain the pitch while changing tempo, making the music sound more true. Also, for instructors editing their own music medleys or competition music, turntable effects like brake and scratch help add a bit of flare to their music.Turntable Effects
The CD-X1700 offers tempo control up to ±100%, that allows music to play back at any speed desired from double speed to a dead stop. The Key Original function can process the music so that it still plays back at the proper pitch, even when the tempo is changed up to ±32%.
The Brake function simulates turning off the motor on a turntable with the needle still on the record. (The music slows down, and drops in pitch.) This and the Scratch function allow realistic turntable effects.
For DJs that like to scratch music on their turntables, TASCAM's optional TT-M1 turntable encoder for the TASCAM CD-X series has been jaw-dropping impressive. The TT-M1 easily mounts on the turntable, and allows scratching of CD music from a real turntable. It doesn't use any special records that will wear out. Some of the fastest DJs in the business have tried it and can't perceive a difference between the TT-M1 encoding and a real turntable!CD-X1500 vs CD-X1700The CD-X1700 improves on the CD-X1500 by offering a larger control surface, MP3 playback, more memory and processing power for multiple DSP effects and more sample RAM, plus a wider tempo range for the original key function.